TOPEKA, Kansas — Twila Lasiter worked in a special needs foster home for more than two decades. That taught her how hard the foster care system can be on children.
When your business or organization needs to conduct a staff retreat, where do you go? Sometimes groups leave their town to go to a bigger city with lots of venue choices. Today we’ll meet an Extension district whose staff chose to go in the opposite direction.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita State University and the University of Kansas will split an $11 million gift to provide full-ride scholarships to undergraduates, according to a news release issued Wednesday.
TOPEKA, Kansas – On Thursday, four students from McPherson High School visited the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka as part of the Jobs for America’s Graduates-Kansas ( JAG-K) program. Below is a synopsis of the trip’s significance from Katelyn Loecker:
TOPEKA — Senate President Ty Masterson let the dust settle Thursday on the congressional redistricting map debate before sanctioning three Republican colleagues for initially refusing to support the veto override of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
Q: I’ve packed on a few pounds in the past year and a half. I think it’s because I am doing less out of the house (less work, play and socializing). Any suggestions? I don’t want to keep gaining weight. -- Laverne G., Gainesville, Florida
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 79-year-old woman with osteopenia. I had the FRAX assessment and was told my 10-year probability of major osteoporotic fracture percentage is 19.4%, with a hip fracture probability of 5.7%.
Dear Amy: My fiance and I recently became engaged. He is originally from another country, and his family still lives there. Because of COVID-19 restrictions and the visa process, most are unable to travel to the U.S. for a wedding, so we decided to host (and pay for) a small U.S. ceremony and have a big wedding in his home country (where costs are much lower).
MOUNDRIDGE – Both the Moundridge boys and girls scored big wins at home on Tuesday as the Wildcat boys defeated Hutchinson Trinity by 16, 63-47 while the Lady Wildcats hammered Trinity by 23 43-20. With the wins, the Lady Wildcats are now 11-5 for the season while the Wildcat boys upped their record to 13-3.
ELYRIA – Both the Elyria Christian boys and girls basketball teams scored solid wins at home on Tuesday as they swept visiting Herington with a 30-point, 53-23 win for the Eagle boys while the Lady Eagles closed out with an eight-point, 44-36 victory.